Press

“The feminism I was seeking was one that explored how young millennial women navigated multiple identities, one that addressed blatant discrimination and silent oppression, and one that refused to treat women as a homogeneous entity” – Liv Little

“Last week the print and online magazine collective, gal-dem, curated an event that was nothing short of breathtaking at The V&A in London. People of colour, in their thousands, confidently walked through the corridors and display rooms of a museum established to show off the booty of empire.” – Lola Okolosie

“The idea of a platform like this is almost painfully obvious, and gal-dem has quickly spin-balled, picking up nearly 50 contributors along the way. The only problem has been that some people are struggling to understand why a platform like ‘gal-dem’ needs to exist. This is why.” – Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

“gal-dem has been on our radar – and opinions editor Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff a regular contributor to Dazed Digital – since launching its online platform last year. Introduced as a much-needed space online with content produced exclusively by young women of colour and in the lead up to their first birthday, a delightful announcement that gal-dem is set to publish its first print issue has come through – out September!”– Ashleigh Kane

“I’m hoping this magazine will eventually reach the type of teenager who is fed up with looking at skinny white women and vapid sex columns. I know that I would have benefited from it when I was growing up.” – Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

“Expect to see the faces and hear the voices of people such as Lotte Anderson and Lynette Nylander (who will discuss confidence and the challenges of finding your voice), South London’s party crew BBZ, WAH Nails, Reel Good Film Club, fashion designer Ibiye Camp, as well as MCs and DJs; Souljah, Flohio, Melz, A.G., and DJ Darkstepper.” – Ashleigh Kane

“A magazine produced by women of colour, gal-dem, has taken over the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with a series of workshops. One ‘twerkshop’ asks whether the dance known as twerking empowers or objectifies women.” – Hannah Ajala

“At the moment, of course, the magical women that make up gal-dem inspire me endlessly, they are all incredible and have such a diverse body of talents. We literally have it all, from illustrators, to film makers and DJs – the fact that everyone juggles so many things and are making things happen is a massive inspiration.” – Liv Little

“The V&A hosts a Friday Late where the museum extends its public opening hours until 22.00 on every last Friday of the month. Last week, however, was perhaps the first time that the 160+ year old institution was celebrated beautiful female diversity in this way.” – Oyin Akande

“For the past year, gal-dem has been shouting about the lack of diversity in the media and the creative industries, and how this leads to situations where, for instance, you have national newspapers demonising young, black female student campaigners, publishing racist cartoons, and organising positive action events where all the speakers are white men. Our exclusion so often means we are underrepresented and misrepresented in areas where we should be flourishing.” – Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff